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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Cercopithecidae (monkeys and baboons)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Euarchonta > Primates

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Subfamily: Cercopthecinae

Papio hamadryas (Chacma baboon)

Cercopithecus pygerythrus (Vervet monkey)

Cercopithecus albogularis (Sykes'monkey)